Things not quite happened my way at work today. There are a lot of reasons to be upset, at others and myself. Well, it is practice time for Zen. Heard quite a few stories of others. Nothing does better than my own experience. I have a small awakening. It seems some of my responsibilities are being taken away. Well, look at it the other way, I am getting help. I should be grateful instead of feeling dissatisfied. I can choose to be upset, or I can choose to be thankful. It is all my mental construct. Nothing really change either way I choose to react. Observation: our feeling are entirely base on our thoughts, there is no solid substance to it. We can extend this to other things. Our thoughts form our experience, our habit and our identification (false self). In actuality, there is nothing real to it. If we can see through this, we can relief mental suffering which is a far greater dukka than physical pain.
A quote from a sutra come to mind that summed up this awakening nicely.
"Experience neither gain nor loss".
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